Early voting turnout in North Carolina EXCEEDS 2008! [View all]
People were standing in line Saturday--last day of early voting--in the Triangle area for 2 hours or more to vote.
"Before early voting ended Saturday, it had broken turnout records. More than 2.7 million people had voted at one-stop sites or by mail, topping the 2.6 million who had done the same in 2008."
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/11/03/2460583/27-million.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy
From 5 PM update yesterday of the NC Board of Elections website:
2,706,836 have voted
1,289,035 Registered Dems have voted
854,035 Registered Repubs have voted
435,000 MORE DEMS have voted than Repubs
1,578,665 Remaining Registered Dems yet to vote
1,196,985 Remaining Registered Repubs yet to vote
DEMS HOLD MARGIN over Repubs of 381,680 MORE voters remaining eligible to vote
ftp://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/enrs/absentee11xx06xx2012_Stats.pdf
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